Gangster confesses to Moga man’s murder on Facebook
SUKHPREET SINGH (BUDHA) IS LINKED TO THE DEVINDER BAMBIHA GROUP; THREATENS THOSE OPPOSING ‘MY CANDIDATES’ IN DEC 30 PANCHAYAT POLLS
Moga:gangster Sukhpreet Singh (Budha), linked to the Devinder Bambiha group, has confessed to having carried out December 14 (Friday’s) murder of Rajinder Kumar, alias Goga, of Manuke village in Nihal Singh Wala subdivision.
In a Facebook post, Budha claimed that he had taken revenge for the murder of Beant Singh, former Akali sarpanch of Manuke village, who, he alleged, was killed by Goga on April 5, 2017. However, the court had acquitted him of the charge on November 14 this year.
Budha’s post, uploaded on Saturday, adds that whomever caused harm to his group members would meet a similar fate. He also warned political leaders nottooppose‘hiscandidates’ in the panchayat elections scheduled on December 30. SSP Gulneet Singh Khurana said, “We have not arrested the gangster yet as investigation is still on.”
Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Subaig Singh said, “The involvement of the gangster-group cannot be confirmed at this point of time. It might be a political gimmick to divert attention of people.”
On whether the police will take any action on the threat regarding the panchayat polls, the DSP added, “Police have not received complaints from anyone of having received any threats. There has been no demand of security, either.” TORONTO : While the number of refugee claims made by Indian nationals in Canada has ballooned in recent years, the percentage that is being accepted is extremely low, at less than a quarter of cases that have been finalised by the Immigration and Refugee Board or Canada (IRBC).
According to IRBC data, of the 467 claims that were finalised in 2018, till the end of September, less than 25 per cent or just 115 were accepted while 154 were rejected and the rest were either abandoned or withdrawn.
Those low figures for acceptance of such claims of alleged persecution were similarly small for 2016 and 2017 as well, at approximately 27 per cent of the cases finalised.
However, statistics from the Board again point to a sharp increase in the number of claims being made, as were reported by the Hindustan Times earlier. While only 379 claims were referred to the Board in 2015, that number rose to 582 in 2016, 1460